TIRE MANUFACTURING PROCESS, UNCURED ANNULAR TIRE COMPONENT MANUFACTURING PROCESS, TIRE FILLING STRIP MANUFACTURE AND TIRE ASSEMBLY PROCESS

摘要

A method of manufacture of a vehicle tyre in which an annular mould (11) is filled with uncured elastomeric compound to form in the annular mould an apex (14) and integral chafer (17), and preferably a sidewall (13). The annular mould (11) with the components (14) (17) and (13) in-situ is then brought into alignment with a toroidally shaped tyre carcass (22) to assemble the apex (14) and chafer (17) to the carcass.